Suarez Corp. v. Meeks, Civil No. 267513 (Orio C.P., Cuyahoga County settled Aug. 1994).
Status: Settled for $64

Journalist Brock Meeks criticized a company promoting e-Mail marketing in his e-mail newsletter (now defunct, but archived online at http://cyberwerks.com/cyberwire/). Benjamin Suarez, owner of the company Suarez Corp. Industries, sued for libel. But before the case went to trial, Suarez offered to settle for $64; Meeks accepted.

Links and Court Documents:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/suarez-corp-v-meeks
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/?f=meeks_case.info
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/defamation-in-cyberspace.html

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